sleep off

verb

To get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping.

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Meanings

verbsleep off (third-person singular simple present sleeps off, present participle sleeping off, simple past and past participle slept off)

present singular third person sleeps off · participle present sleeping off · participle past slept off · past slept off · alternative sleep it out · alternative sleep it off

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping.

    On the other hand, drugs with drowsiness as a side-effect (eg certain types of analgesia, antidepressants) are best administered in the evening so that patients can sleep off the effect and be alert the following day.

    2003, Christine Brooker, Maggie Nicol, Nursing adults: the practice of caring

Translations

Spanish dormir la mona
  • dormir la monaTranslations
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